Browse Forums Building A New House Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After 😀 2504Sep 26, 2017 8:19 pm aloenyx I mowed my front nature strip today xD I want another cat. Someone stop me No that would mean less kitty pics. It's in our interest to let you keep going https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2505Sep 26, 2017 8:39 pm Haha!! Pan's breeder has a new litter and I'm seriously tempted by a mitted blue point.. but I think a new kitten would freak Cass out.. although she eventually learned to deal with Pan XD I think Pan would love a new friend.. but I think of all the extra costs, insurance, registration, food.. Also saw a gorgeous little raggie on petrescue.. I'm going to Pet's Day Out in a week or so. That's where I rescued Cass from one year ago!! Can't believe I've had her a whole year. And there go Cass and Pan, wrestling XDD So cute. Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2506Sep 26, 2017 9:03 pm Keep in mind your council may have a pet limit; many only allow 2 cats maximum. We had to get a special permit to temporarily have three dogs (our two plus mums) and its a pain. Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2507Sep 26, 2017 9:15 pm I would need a permit for a third... although they are indoor cats (Would they find out? ). I really don't need anymore pets.. I just love browsing.. what I really want is a puppy! Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2508Sep 26, 2017 9:22 pm aloenyx I would need a permit for a third... although they are indoor cats (Would they find out? ). I really don't need anymore pets.. I just love browsing.. what I really want is a puppy! You'd be surprised what they can work out. Nothing wrong with window shopping Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2509Sep 27, 2017 7:11 pm *fingers crossed for front landscaping being completed on Friday!!!* Hoping for good weather. Got all the guys coming around so very hopeful the paving and turf will finally be finished.. (and that I might even like the look of it XD). Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After 😀 2510Sep 28, 2017 10:26 am Pets day out? That sounds like a lot fun!! Wish we had something like that here. I have a pet door like your but didn't get mine from bunnings. I had to get a large one but it also comes with an adapter which I'm waiting on still so I can close both screen and glass doors at the same time without it looking weird sitting on one track. Mine has a magnetic flap though and a cover to go over the flap if you want to lock that up. Do you have that? Coral Homes Avoca 25 in Gainsborough Greens Gold Coast Viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81406[/quote] Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2511Sep 28, 2017 10:36 am aloenyx *fingers crossed for front landscaping being completed on Friday!!!* Hoping for good weather. Got all the guys coming around so very hopeful the paving and turf will finally be finished.. (and that I might even like the look of it XD). Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2512Sep 28, 2017 8:34 pm Pets Day Out is heaps of fun!! Its in a giant park and its basically dogs as far as the eye can see. Lots of stalls, rescue groups, agility trials and ponies XD Last year the cat rescue had a stall which is where Cass came from. D Love my Cassie. I can't wait to go!! I love seeing all the dogs. Who knows what I might come home with XDD Yeah, this one has all that too. Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2514Sep 29, 2017 3:28 pm WIP D
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After 😀 2515Sep 29, 2017 3:34 pm Looking great Dawn! I'm sitting down at the moment trying to come up with a landscaping plan and I keep drawing blanks. I have no idea what to do! I love your tree (is it a Japanese Maple?) We had one at our old house and they are so pretty. Love the daisies too, very pretty Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2516Sep 29, 2017 6:00 pm Another long day of landscaping today!!! 4 men on site to help and this is where we ended up.
Paving of steps is 90% done.. still have to be grouted/mortared.. or something like that. Plus they need to be properly cleaned off.. we may also change the top step to level it a bit better. The pattern is a kind of haphazard basket weave.. dad refused to cut any tiles, so this was the best I could do. The are straight on one edge and then come in by 200mm each step after that, so 1600 at the top and 1000 at the gate. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Side view... plan is for the grass to grow right up to the steps on the far side.. although am considering maybe putting gravel or mulch around them..?? So take the grass out to the outside of the pillar. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Plants will go on the other side. Need to do something with the porch... and then clean everything off. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Other angle. Planting needs to be finished. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Starting to look really nice, green grass, red tree... All the colours are coming together.. side gate is looking good. Need to finish off the front fence.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So we put the last of the turf in at the front, looks so much more green then the other turf we laid. Hopefully it will all be nice and green in a few more weeks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So what do you guys thinks of my front landscaping? Few things I still need to decide: - What colour should my screen door on the front be? A shade of blue, black, surfmist? - With the garden bed along the front fence, should I make it wider, or smaller? Should I extend it to be one straight line across the front (the tap is in an awkward space). - What edging should I use? Was thinking metal, but its a bit pricey.. - Should I keep the plants that are there, or should I change to something else.. and what should I change to? - Should I extend the garden beds, either under the master bedroom window or along the fence? Left to do out the front: - Infill for the front fence - Sealing of driveway and pavers - Do something with the porch area (options are painting, spray on paving or tiling) - Planting along steps and side of driveway - Garden edging, mulching the beds - Tap cover Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After 😀 2518Sep 29, 2017 7:10 pm Hi Dawn I have been secretly following your build for ages. I love your house it's gorgeous. My son is a landscaper and he has just revitalised a very sad lawn up the street. He used seaweed solution and a good wetting agent and then watered in very well. With sun and the water it should look amazing in a couple of weeks. When it starts to pick up then you fertilise. I reckon a nice garden edging would look really great around your garden bed. Your steps look fantastic. Having your garden on a bit of a slope is a feature. Also live your pets. We have a very old large ridgeback. A rescue dog. Hope you don't mind me following your thread we've been in our house for just over a year. Still love it. Have a great weekend. Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2520Sep 29, 2017 7:17 pm Thanks Robina!!! I might have to try some seaweed. I have put a basic lawn fertilizer down, but that might be better Thanks Kat! I am happy that we are finally moving forward. The steps being half done was driving me crazy as it looked awful. I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15284 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17059 Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11647 |